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U.S. Liquids Files
Waste-Disposal Suit

DETROIT, Mich. -- U.S. Liquids Inc. said it filed a lawsuit in a federal court here against National Steel Corp. seeking more than $28 million in damages related to the disposal of hazardous waste.

The Houston liquid-waste-processing concern claims in the suit that National Steel, a Mishawaka, Ind., steel producer, improperly shipped waste contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyl, or PCB, to U.S. Liquids' Detroit facility, leading to a 5 1/2 -month cessation of operations and a costly cleanup.